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This magazine is dedicated to discussions on the federated social networking ecosystem, which includes decentralized and open-source social media platforms. Whether you are a user, developer, or simply interested in the concept of decentralized social media, this is the place for you. Here you can share your knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions on topics such as the benefits and challenges of decentralized social media, new and existing federated platforms, and more. From the latest developments and trends to ethical considerations and the future of federated social media, this category covers a wide range of topics related to the Fediverse.

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Can we please remember to talk about things on the fediverse besides the fediverse itself? (kbin.social)

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Having spent a lot of time on Mastodon... There are tons of people there talking about federated and self-hosted services, software freedom, censorship, encryption, tech regulation... A very narrow range of topics directly surrounding the fediverse get a lot of attention.

But nobody talks about anything else. Nobody goes to Instagram to talk about Instagram, nobody goes to Tiktok to talk about Tiktok, nobody goes to Facebook (at all). People use social media to either talk to their friends or talk about their hobbies and interests.

And if your hobby is tech, that's fine, enjoy. I like tech too. But please, if you have anything else to say, say it. The fediverse will never appeal to the masses if we don't embrace a wide variety of hobbies and interests.

We need people here talking about cooking. We need people here talking about fashion. We need people here talking about immigration policy. We need people here talking about everything people enjoy!

Yes, if you go to /m/fashion right now, it's... barely there. You're not going to get a ton of conversation when you post there. But that's not the point. The point is to build out the community, so that, a year from now, as more and more people attempt to post and engage, there is a conversation. There's a reason to be on the fediverse besides the meta circlejerk over how great the fediverse could be in theory.

This is the "content" people are craving. Find or start a magazine for your city, or your town, or your country. Write a post. Share posts from your favorite blogs. Comment on something, if you have anything to say at all. Share a youtube video—yes, a youtube video, I know, youtube sucks, but at least it gives us a path to a community here.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (34 children)

Nobody goes to Instagram to talk about Instagram, nobody goes to Tiktok to talk about Tiktok, nobody goes to Facebook (at all).

That's because the companies take care of the techie stuff, while in the fediverse, we have to do that. So, it's natural, I guess 🤷.

The fediverse will never appeal to the masses if we don't embrace a wide variety of hobbies and interests.

I don't think most of us actually want that. Then, it'll become just like FB or Insta... the crowd I mean. The point is to attract the right audience, not just any audience.

We need people here talking about cooking. We need people here talking about fashion.

See, that is exactly what I want to get away from... you have that on TikTok and FB/Insta. That is exactly what I don't want to see here. Of course, anyone can open a comm like that, I probably wouldn't block it, but short clips of someone roasting hotdogs with cheese and calling that a super easy and healthy meal... nah, that is not for me.

Fashion as well. Those topics are for influencer wannabe types. That's not what we're trying to build here, are we?

Yes, if you go to /m/fashion right now, it's... barely there.

Apparently, people around here are not interested in that topic 🤷. I'm sure a comm like that would be very popular on Insta.

This is the "content" people are craving.

Once again, the kind of people we're not trying to attract anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This seems extremely elitist, even if just for the fact that you do not know what other knowledge (and experiences and viewpoints and...) those people who'd be interested in those communities would bring.

If you want a site comprised entirely of - what it seems to me - techbros who talk about how large their homelab Kubernetes clusters are, you should do that by curating your experience with the general platform, not by excluding anyone else, which is what you're doing here even if you don't realize it.

I personally want people from all walks of life to set up shop in the fediverse (as long as they're not jerks). Even if I'll never see or interact with 99% of what they create, maybe that last 1% will solve an obscure problem I encounter, or recommend me something (whether it be a product or recipe or location or...) that will change my life for the better.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I personally want people from all walks of life to set up shop in the fediverse (as long as they're not jerks).

But they won't. Which is fine, I like it that way. They can have their mainstream social media where they share family photos, boob jobs, ass jobs, nose rings, whatever, I get to have this, the fediverse. People that mostly want to talk about those things, they can have mainstream social media.

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